Summer Chamber Music Festival to Honor Professor's Career, Retirement
UPDATE: The final concert is already sold out.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The seventh annual KUAF/Fulbright Summer Chamber Music Festival will close with a concert at 7 p.m. Friday, June 5, in the Great Hall at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville.
The performance will feature faculty members Er-Gene Kahng (violin), Paulo Eskitch (viola) and Stephen Gates (cello) and guest artist Ryan Cockerham (violin).
Cockerham is a composer and performer of contemporary art music who also designs immersive sound and media installations. Recent projects include collaborations with Tamarin Stott and the English National Ballet, Rob Olins and the Royal British Society of Sculptors and Huishu Jia and Lucia Tong with the Royal College of Art. His work has been featured in the Kansas City Fringe Festival, Houston Fringe Festival, the Royal College of Music's 2012 and 2013 "Great Exhibitionists" series and the London Short Film Festival.
Selections for Friday's concert include:
- String Quartet no. 5 by Philip Glass
- Front to Back String Quartet by Ryan Cockerham
Cockerham composed Front to Back in honor of Gates' career and retirement.
The performance is made possible through the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Music and private donors. Contributions for the KUAF/ Fulbright Summer Chamber Music Festival may be made online or by contacting the Fulbright College development office at 479-575-3712 or Fulbright@uark.edu.
Music clips and biographies of the performers and guest artists may be found on the festival's website.
Contacts
Darinda Sharp, director of communications
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
479-575-3712,
dsharp@uark.edu
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